Week 5 of 16
Happy Halloween! Week 5 was a fun one! I feel like I’m starting to get in the groove
of training—although I have the challenge of Daylight Savings ahead of me. We turned the clocks back on Saturday night and
we will see how that affects me and my training.
What I can say is that marathon
training has been good to my sleep patterns!
Week 5 I averaged over 8 hours of sleep a night for the first time since
FEBRUARY! And when I looked at that
week, I had one 10 hour sleep night—on a day that I called in sick to
work. I can remember the days when I
averaged 10 hours of sleep a night every week!
That was pre-Mashpee Fitness days…
My run week started with a 6-mile
Monday. I had 6 miles on the calendar
although as I was getting ready to run, I reconsidered shortening it to a 4 or
5 mile run as it was my first run since the Cape Cod Half. I felt way better than expected and
miscalculated my run distance and ended up running the planned 6 miles anyways.
Tuesday morning we celebrated
Halloween in spin class and the party continued with a costume run at Run
Club! I even went out for a drink (and
French fries) after! Crazy! I skipped my Wednesday run (I’m a wimp in
cold rain) and didn’t feel like getting up early Thursday morning to run. My work schedule changed so I go in a earlier
on Thursdays which kind of forces me to use Thursdays as a day off now. Friday morning I was excited to have company
on my long run! Jason and I ran 10 miles
along the bike path and a windy, Chappy loop.
Saturday morning was the Screech
at the Beach 5k. You can see my full
race report here. To make up for my
mid-week laziness I ended up running the course before the race and then came
home to a 2 mile run with Georgie. That
was her longest run in a long time as I’m just starting to figure her
out—planned walk breaks quarter mile or so helps keep her under threshold. We encountered a black cat crossing the road
in front of us (how ironic) and Georgie growled at it but other then that, we
had a great run/walk and she was POOPED!
She barely made it into the house.
#winning
Other highlights:
·
Check out Run Jen Run’s Halloween Workout
·
Currently watching Flotrack videos from the New
York Marathon. So inspiring. Did you see Meb get the American Master’s
Marathon Record? He’s incredible.
Upcoming events:
·
11 weeks until the Houston Marathon!
Monday 10.26.15
6 miles (45:24)
20,611 steps
Tuesday 10.27.15
Marathon Sports Run Club! 3.22 miles (27:53)
Taught spin class. The playlist: Halloween Spin Playlist 2014
10 push ups
18,296 steps
Wednesday 10.28.15
0.53 miles with G (5:00)
10,315 steps
Thursday 10.29.15
Taught spin class. The playlist: Halloween Spin Playlist 2014
Power Water
10 push ups
11,975 steps
Friday 10.30.15
10 miles with Jason (1:24:36)
30,237 steps
Saturday 10.31.15
Happy Halloween!
3 mile warm up (24:26)
3 mile warm up (24:26)
Screech at the Beach 5k (20:24)
2 miles with G (18:42)
25,235 steps
Sunday 11.1.15
Taught spin class. The playlist: I Like To Move It Spin Playlist
Burdenko H2O
10 push ups
11,846 steps
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| Happy Halloween from Georgie! |
ICYMI
This week’s mileage: 28
miles
This week’s G
mileage: 2.5 miles
October Totals: 123
miles
November Totals: 0
miles
2015 Totals: 540
miles
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